Juliette/Sky - later in the evening
She tried not to blush, wondering if his uncertain and flustered reaction came from being unable to recognize her at first due to her mask or perhaps from attempting not to laugh at her very frilly gown. She knew she did not look much like a warrior in these clothes. "Yes," she said, "hello."
She fell into silence for a moment, trying to find the most polite way to question him, but there was no polite option available, it seemed, to demand just how and why he was present. In the end, the best she could do was lead in with polite small talk: "It is quite a nice ball, don't you think?" followed by a somewhat curious, "Did you arrive as someone's guest?" Because the Duke had encouraged nobles to invite commoners to this ball, so maybe...